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 ====== VuFind Summit 2014 ====== ====== VuFind Summit 2014 ======
  
-===== Cost and Registration ===== 
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-Registration will cost a total of $US40 for two days of events. Speakers accepted into the final schedule do not have to pay and are not required to register (apart from the submission of their talk proposal). 
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-Registration is now open: [[http://vustuff.org/vustuff/vufind-summit-2014-registration|sign up here]]. 
 ===== Dates and Location ===== ===== Dates and Location =====
  
-The 2014 developers summit will take place at Villanova University's Falvey Memorial Library on October 13 and 14, 2014+The 2014 developers summit took place at Villanova University's Falvey Memorial Library on October 13 and 14, 2014.
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-===== Call for Proposals ===== +
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-We are currently accepting proposals for 20-minute talks (and we would be willing to accommodate longer talks if the subject matter justified them). Please submit proposals to Demian Katz (demian DOT katz AT villanova DOT edu). +
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-===== Transportation and Lodgings ===== +
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-Some lodging options can be found [[http://vustuff.org/vustuff/tech-superfecta/where-stay/|here]]; see the Villanova site for [[http://www1.villanova.edu/villanova/admission/visit/maps.html|transportation suggestions]].+
  
 ===== Remote Participation ===== ===== Remote Participation =====
  
-The event will be live-streamed using the links below:+The event is archived at the links below:
  
 [[https://vumslx.vuad.villanova.edu/Mediasite/Play/a3e2aaddfc2b4fe3b92e215061f2268e1d|DAY ONE (Monday, October 13)]] [[https://vumslx.vuad.villanova.edu/Mediasite/Play/a3e2aaddfc2b4fe3b92e215061f2268e1d|DAY ONE (Monday, October 13)]]
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 [[https://vumslx.vuad.villanova.edu/Mediasite/Play/572e8a72153549e1a6b8c082b3f7513a1d|DAY TWO (Tuesday, October 14)]] [[https://vumslx.vuad.villanova.edu/Mediasite/Play/572e8a72153549e1a6b8c082b3f7513a1d|DAY TWO (Tuesday, October 14)]]
  
-We will be monitoring tweets to [[https://twitter.com/vufindorg|@vufindorg]] and emails to [[https://vufind-org.github.io/vufind/support.html|vufind-general/vufind-tech]] during the event, so feel free to ask questions. Due to potential latency on the mailing lists, Twitter is the recommended communication method. 
 ===== Schedule ===== ===== Schedule =====
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-The schedule below is tentative and may be subject to change. There is still room to add additional talks if further proposals are received. 
  
 ==== Day 1 ==== ==== Day 1 ====
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 VuFind has once again come a long way since the previous Summit, with significant improvements and enhancements in the recent release 2.3. This talk will quickly summarize some of what's new and where the project is going. It will also review some key concepts that may be helpful to developers new to the project. Time will be included for Q&A. VuFind has once again come a long way since the previous Summit, with significant improvements and enhancements in the recent release 2.3. This talk will quickly summarize some of what's new and where the project is going. It will also review some key concepts that may be helpful to developers new to the project. Time will be included for Q&A.
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 +[[https://vufind.org/docs/summit2014/vufind2014.ppt|Slides]]
  
 === Ben Wiens - Optimizing Apache Solr Caching for VuFind === === Ben Wiens - Optimizing Apache Solr Caching for VuFind ===
  
 VuFind's Solr configuration underwent significant changes as seen in Pull request #146. What can now be classified as "bug fix of the year" was a response to out of memory issues some users were experiencing when the filterCache exceeded the local heap memory, depending on the size of an index and the environment. This presentation is geared towards helping you understand and optimize your Solr Caching configuration.  VuFind's Solr configuration underwent significant changes as seen in Pull request #146. What can now be classified as "bug fix of the year" was a response to out of memory issues some users were experiencing when the filterCache exceeded the local heap memory, depending on the size of an index and the environment. This presentation is geared towards helping you understand and optimize your Solr Caching configuration. 
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 +[[https://vufind.org/docs/summit2014/Solr_Caching_Vufind.pptx|Slides]]
  
 === John Houser - Decision Points: Creating non-MARC genealogy databases with VuFind === === John Houser - Decision Points: Creating non-MARC genealogy databases with VuFind ===
  
 This presentation will detail some of the issues confronting the Historical Society of Pennsylvania as it creates a series of new genealogy databases with VuFind 2.3, using direct to Solr XML record loading, a custom record driver, and database-specific templates. This presentation will detail some of the issues confronting the Historical Society of Pennsylvania as it creates a series of new genealogy databases with VuFind 2.3, using direct to Solr XML record loading, a custom record driver, and database-specific templates.
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 +[[https://vufind.org/docs/summit2014/decision-points.pdf|Slides]]
  
 === Karen Coombs - Building a PHP code library for Interacting with an Entity-based Discovery API === === Karen Coombs - Building a PHP code library for Interacting with an Entity-based Discovery API ===
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   * includes a robust set of offline tests   * includes a robust set of offline tests
  
 +[[https://vufind.org/docs/summit2014/WorldCatDiscovery.pdf|Slides]]
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 +=== Tod Olson - Problems in Alphabetic Browse and Possible Solutions ===
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 +Alphabetic browse is no longer a primary search strategy for most users, but real use cases do still exist. This talk examined some key problems and solutions.
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